U+14C6 "ᓆ" Canadian Syllabics Y-Cree Noo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+14C6 "ᓆ" Canadian Syllabics Y-Cree Noo is a syllabic letter used primarily in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically for the Y-dialect of the Cree language. This character represents the sound "noo" and is part of a script developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans to write Indigenous languages. It is encoded in the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block of the Unicode Standard, allowing for digital representation and preservation of Cree orthography. The glyph resembles a rotated or reflected form of other syllabic characters, with its distinct shape enabling fluent readers to identify the specific vowel and consonant combination.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14C6 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Y-Cree Noo |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᓆ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᓆ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x93 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x14C6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000014C6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u14c6 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Canadian Aboriginal |
| Script Extensions | Canadian Aboriginal |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | OLetter |